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Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe's Adventures)
Author: Bernard Cornwell

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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback

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ISBN-13: 9780060932305 - ISBN-10: 0060932309
Publication Date: 8/1/1999
Pages: 400

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In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops.

The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners -- or, worse -- his man-eating tigers. Picking his way through an exotic and alien world. Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster. And when the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.

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Genres:

Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> British >> Historical
Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical
Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> War

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Kerry B. (polisciguy) wrote on 1/9/2008...

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"Sharpe's Tiger" is first book in series if reading Sharpe's adventures in chronological order. Cornwell began writing Richard Sharpe novels back in 1981 with "Sharpe's Eagle" and "Sharpe's Gold" which are now books 8 and 9 of the chronological sequence. Due to commercial success and the subsequent need to expand the storyline, Cornwell, in 1997, began publishing the back story of Sharpe's first years as a soldier. The first three novels are known as the Richard Sharpe in India series.

Sharpe's Tiger - Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 - (1997)
Sharpe's Triumph - Battle of Assaye, September 1803 - (1998)
Sharpe's Fortress - Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 - (1999)

Cornwell has of 2007 written 21 Sharpe novels and 3 short stories. Good additions to Sharpe's adventures. Sharpe books in chronological order with publication dates.

Sharpe's Trafalgar(4) 2000
Sharpe's Prey (5) 2001
Sharpe's Rifles (6) 1988
Sharpe's Havoc(7) 2003
Sharpe's Eagle(8) 1981
Sharpe's Gold(9) 1981
Sharpe's Escape(10) 2004
Sharpe's Fury(11) 2006
Sharpe's Battle(12) 1995
Sharpe's Company(13) 1982
Sharpe's Sword(14) 1983
Sharpe's Enemy(15) 1984
Sharpe's Honour(16) 1985
Sharpe's Regiment(17) 1986
Sharpe's Siege(18) 1987
Sharpe's Revenge(19) 1989
Sharpe's Waterloo(20) 1990 (Battle of Waterloo, 1815)
Sharpe's Devil(21) 1992

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